The windows display typical
perpendicular tracery. The windows of the North and
South aisles all have four main lights. The tracery
here is described as geometric tracery, that is to say it was measured
with a pair of compasses. The shape of the window, with a broad flat arch
is also typical of the perpendicular and is referred to as a four centred
arch. The moulding above the window is called a hood mould, dripstone or
label and terminates in a simple un-ornamented label stop. The windows
of the East and West ends of
the North and South Aisles all have five main lights and the tracery, though
still owing its origin to geometry, shows slightly more ornate tracery
and includes quatrefoil lights.
The new windows in Scott's nineteenth century apse show yet more variations.
Each window is split up into only three main lights with each light divided
into two by the addition of a horizontal bar called a TRANSOM. As with
all the main lights in the church, these lights are finished with a five
cusped head.
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